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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I struggled to get through this one after the first 10% or so… it had an interesting premise that hooked me on the world but it quickly lost me. The premise of the world was interesting, but I needed WAY more world building to happen in this story because I felt so lost most of the time when reading it. It was a classic case of the main character lacking memories about her past and I felt just as confused as she did through the end.
I found myself caring more about the side characters Rose and Zathe than either of our main characters. I immediately disliked Nyte, and for some reason I never did start to like his character. He was giving “I’m so mysterious” the first 50% and saying a lot of questionable things just to get further in the story and pretty much flip a switch. He was a huge hypocrite and I got whiplash from the amount of times the main character changed her mind about his intentions.
This one sadly just wasn’t for me, but I think the next has a potential to pick up the pieces and hopefully build the world out more.
I found myself caring more about the side characters Rose and Zathe than either of our main characters. I immediately disliked Nyte, and for some reason I never did start to like his character. He was giving “I’m so mysterious” the first 50% and saying a lot of questionable things just to get further in the story and pretty much flip a switch. He was a huge hypocrite and I got whiplash from the amount of times the main character changed her mind about his intentions.
This one sadly just wasn’t for me, but I think the next has a potential to pick up the pieces and hopefully build the world out more.
I tried to finish this book. I really did. It started out really rough with the writing style but I got over that by about 50% in. From that point on I kept waiting for the point to show itself. It never did.
The Good:
The world building seemed fun! I was intrigued by the backstory of this world and the mythologies, and eager to see how it would play out ultimately. It was genuinely complex and engaging, even if I had to pick through the paragraphs to piece it together.
Some of the side characters seemed like they might have been fun if they had literally anything to do other than prop up the FMC.
Motivations for various characters were complicated and messy, which is refreshing. The FMC even has some moments early on thinking about her ex/guardian that would have been realistic if given room to breathe.
The Bad:
FMC is your generic romantasy woman. She's in an abusive relationship, she's shy and sheltered, but actually not because she's really *sassy* and every man around her loves that about her except for the abusive one. She hates MMC except when she doesn't, and he's so attractive that apparently the sight of his abs is enough to knock her stupid. She's smart enough to figure out complex puzzles and riddles but not inquisitive enough to just put her foot down and ask this man what he knows about her that he obviously keeps teasing.
MMC is a romantasy shadow daddy. I already don't like this flavor but I kept going because of the promised villain-gets-the-girl moment. Not only is he shadow daddy dom, he is the most generic version of this I've read yet. What's his personality? What's his motivation? What's his favorite food? Does he have a family? I don't know and neither does the author. This is a prop, not a character.
I really started checking out when he kept emphasizing over and over that everything was HER choice, she had free will and he would never tell her what to do... And then proceeded to do exactly that. And also did the whole "well if you didn't really want this I wouldn't be able to do this" schtick.
Which puts this firmly in the realm of a bodice ripper romance novel. And that's fine! But if I'm reading that I want it to at least be fun somehow, and this was not.
I would recommend this to anyone who really loves ACOTAR and no one else.
The Good:
The world building seemed fun! I was intrigued by the backstory of this world and the mythologies, and eager to see how it would play out ultimately. It was genuinely complex and engaging, even if I had to pick through the paragraphs to piece it together.
Some of the side characters seemed like they might have been fun if they had literally anything to do other than prop up the FMC.
Motivations for various characters were complicated and messy, which is refreshing. The FMC even has some moments early on thinking about her ex/guardian that would have been realistic if given room to breathe.
The Bad:
FMC is your generic romantasy woman. She's in an abusive relationship, she's shy and sheltered, but actually not because she's really *sassy* and every man around her loves that about her except for the abusive one. She hates MMC except when she doesn't, and he's so attractive that apparently the sight of his abs is enough to knock her stupid. She's smart enough to figure out complex puzzles and riddles but not inquisitive enough to just put her foot down and ask this man what he knows about her that he obviously keeps teasing.
MMC is a romantasy shadow daddy. I already don't like this flavor but I kept going because of the promised villain-gets-the-girl moment. Not only is he shadow daddy dom, he is the most generic version of this I've read yet. What's his personality? What's his motivation? What's his favorite food? Does he have a family? I don't know and neither does the author. This is a prop, not a character.
I really started checking out when he kept emphasizing over and over that everything was HER choice, she had free will and he would never tell her what to do... And then proceeded to do exactly that. And also did the whole "well if you didn't really want this I wouldn't be able to do this" schtick.
Which puts this firmly in the realm of a bodice ripper romance novel. And that's fine! But if I'm reading that I want it to at least be fun somehow, and this was not.
I would recommend this to anyone who really loves ACOTAR and no one else.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is FBAA but with celestials and stars and universes instead of gods and primals. Except the MC doesn’t steal the FMC, she walks right into his creepy, hot graces.
3.5⭐️/5 I’m a slut for some good romantussy. Hoping for more spice in book 2!
3.5⭐️/5 I’m a slut for some good romantussy. Hoping for more spice in book 2!
The only thing that made this less than 5 stars was how unnecessarily slow of a start it was. There was no essential world or character building that needed 100 pages to get the point across. But the plot VERY much made up for it and then proceeded to tear my soul to pieces.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes